This thing is a real behemoth. They should have restored some of the old city instead of just make that dumb park.
wasabi1787says
“architecture”
This is like the shitty offspring of brutalism, or what?
Novusodsays
It is kind of an eyesore. Muscovites are probably glad it is gone.
earthmoonsunsays
what a monster
SalmanPaksays
Isn’t that the hotel that all Westerners had to stay in during the Soviet era? Imagine the surveillance system!
Travelin_Texansays
Think of all the hidden cameras and bugs in there….
KoontzGenadiniksays
Note that the original plan called for a 275 meter high skyscraper ([diagram](http://images.mn.ru/007/163/de5e8da90d776b6f1a2d328bc3dc5a89.jpg)), but the project was cancelled after Stalin’s death and Khrushchev’s “campaign against superfluities in architecture”.
KingofNorthKorea says
This thing is a real behemoth. They should have restored some of the old city instead of just make that dumb park.
wasabi1787 says
“architecture”
This is like the shitty offspring of brutalism, or what?
Novusod says
It is kind of an eyesore. Muscovites are probably glad it is gone.
earthmoonsun says
what a monster
SalmanPak says
Isn’t that the hotel that all Westerners had to stay in during the Soviet era? Imagine the surveillance system!
Travelin_Texan says
Think of all the hidden cameras and bugs in there….
KoontzGenadinik says
Note that the original plan called for a 275 meter high skyscraper ([diagram](http://images.mn.ru/007/163/de5e8da90d776b6f1a2d328bc3dc5a89.jpg)), but the project was cancelled after Stalin’s death and Khrushchev’s “campaign against superfluities in architecture”.